LCI grows among youth Dumbarton LPYS/LCI youth officer FOLLOWING the success of the Glasgow youth dayschool on Ireland, which was attended by over 150 people, the LCI are planning a national youth and student dayschool, to be held in Birmingham university on 8 November. Speakers invited so far include Ken Livingstone, Crawley MEP, representatives of Sinn Fein, the Union of Students of Ireland, NUS, the LPYS, and the NUR.
The NUS conference decisions on Ireland are an excellent basis for an upsurge in solidarity work amongst students in the coming year. The LCI hopes to play a part in these activities — helping to organise speaking tours, educational and other events. While the situation in the LPYS is not quite so encouraging, the gains which have been made in the student movement and the current reorganisation of the LCI's youth work should ensure that the anti-imperialist minority in the LPYS will make their presence felt much more keenly in the run-up to regional LPYS conferences.
LPYS branches and college Labour clubs can sponsor the dayschool in November. To do this Kirk or Conor Foley, c/o LCI BM Box 5355, London WCIN 3XX.
By Mare France, Sparkbrook LPYS SPARKBROOK LPYS has made solidarity with the South African revolution its number one priority. The LPYS has built successful boycott action in the area, including all day pickets of Tescos and Shell petrol stations. the campaigning so far was a public meeting of Christine event contact Gerry The highlight of TORY RACISM reached a new peak in the last week with two decisions. The first was the threat to deport two year old Khurun Azad to Pakistan and the racist decision to impose visa requirements for visitors from India, Bangla Desh and other countries. The Labour Party Black Section has issued a statement, we are printing in full below, condemning the new racist visa laws. organiser of the Labour Party Black Section, called the threat to deport Khurma Azad 'an obscene act of visas. The Black Sections statement is the following: THE CABINET'S announcement that visas are to be imposed on the nationals of five Black coun uner Labour Party Black Section to be the most blatant act of racism yet seen form this Barbaric Rather than tackling the conditions ports like Heathrow ariport by shortening aoie quese with the creation of more jobs, Thatcher her yes-men Have spired to export the "problem' have singled out the Black naof Bangla Desh, India, Pakistan, «Pia dru Nigeria for racist ment. This is a clear example of them piling on more oppression lollowing the condemnation thousands of Black people Paul Sharma, London third-class citizenship under the 1981 Nationality Act.
Black Section didate for Labour's NaExecutive CommitLullai tee, Narendra Makan]l said: It is obvious this decision is based on the Tories' complete contempt for Black people. ironic that White Com monwealth countries and racist South Africa, which has a million people eligible first-class British being excluded the visa scheme.' Infamous Thatcher set the tone before she became prime minister when her in famous speech about Britain being swamped by an alien culture. This, like Ine lalest announcemenl, hysteria being whipped up by the gutter press. It is no that fellow Tory MP Terry Dicks made racist statement about 'West Indians', whom he claims are workshy lazy, in the same week as the announcement about the SOCKS speak. what government munich. think but dare not say themselves.
Only foreign secretary Geoffrey Howe, a dissenting voice in the cabinet over i natcher s iciusal le impose sanctions against South Atrica. raised his voice the against this goverticat latest discriminatory act.
Autocratic The visa scheme has put Britain in the political SCWCI and it chance Thatcher chose to autocratically impose the regulations while parlia HICCESS MPs should be recalled Westminster to debate this issue before they themselves decide the matter under te lui glare or lie electorate. Black Section to racist immigration laws. We demand:
Stop thesis vims.
racist immigration controls.
Root out the racists. forward with any credibiliTwo-year old Khurun Adad with his parents
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racism,' and called for action by the entire labour movement against both this threat and the new